eperotao is used for putting questions to someone, from requests for information to pointed public challenges.

The verb consistently marks the act of directing a question to someone: disciples seek explanation, individuals ask what they should do, and opponents or officials put probing questions before Jesus or others. The surrounding situations may be private, instructional, hostile, or judicial, but the observed use remains asking or questioning rather than distinct lexical senses.

1. Putting a question to someone · dominant

   The active forms introduce direct inquiries: in Luke 8:9 the disciples ask what the parable might mean, in Mark 8:29 Jesus asks the disciples who they say he is, and in Acts 23:34 the participle occurs as a governor asks what province Paul came from. The same questioning can be adversarial or official: in Matthew 12:10 the question about Sabbath healing is posed in order to accuse, while in Mark 15:44 Pilate questions the centurion about whether Jesus had died.

   Luke 8:9Mark 8:29Acts 23:34Matthew 12:10Mark 15:44Luke 17:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses the APB variously uses "asked," "questioned," and "question." These variations occur in whole-verse translation and do not by themselves establish separate meanings for the lemma.